Lord of the Flies Chapter 2 and 3

In chapters 2 and 3, the characters change drastically.  In the beginning, they are all terrified and had no idea what to do, so they elect a leader on his looks, his height, and his horn.  Then throughout the story, the boys realize the things they need to survive, like food, clean water, and shelter.  They start to prioritize those and try to gather meat.  They also turn more animal like.  They don't wear shirts or shoes and they are tan with long, light colored hair.

Jack and Ralph change the most.  They both feel the pressure of leadership and the challenges the island sends at them.  Jack especially changes.  When the plane first crashed, Jack was a civilized young boy who was snobby and thought he was the best at everything.  After a few weeks, he is tan and almost animal like.  He crawls on the ground and and sniffs everything.  He uses his senses more than he originally did, and he has trouble with his self esteem.  Jack is extremely focused on killing a pig.  This focus had blinded him from seeing anything else.  He was not able to see the other things needed to survive and was so focused on the pig he neglected to think clearly and was sometimes unkind to Ralph.  Ralph was more human than Jack was. He realized that they really need shelter, but his is also blind to other needs.  He is extremely uptight about his leadership and realizes that nobody is helping get the things for surviving other than Simon and Jack.  Both of the boys are blind to other things that are needed to survive because they are so caught up in their own tasks.  They are also in a love hate relationship with each other.  Jack really wants to be the powerful figure that Ralph is.  Ralph and Jack are almost competing with each other for the position.  At times, they remember the things they did together in the beginning, and they get along for a few seconds.  Both boys also have to deal with the younger kids and their fears.  They are all scared of the "beasty".  They have heard these fears so many times that sometimes, Jack says he feels like he is being watched.  This is said numerous times throughout the chapter by different characters.  They all feel like they are being watched, and it freaks them out.